Media Exposure, Current and Future Body Ideals, and Disordered Eating Among Preadolescent Girls: A Longitudinal Panel Study

Harrison, Kristen; Hefner, Veronica

doi:10.1007/s10964-005-9008-3

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“…Thus, it appears that a greater exposure to music television shows and appearance-focused magazines leads to a stronger level of dieting awareness. This is consistent with another study by Harrison and Hefner (2006), in which greater overall television exposure predicted both a thinner ideal adult body shape and a higher level of disordered eating in a sample of girls aged 7 to 12 years. In an older sample of college-aged women, Aubrey (2006) studied the total exposure to sexually objectifying television and magazines and found that the exposure to the media predicted levels of self-objectification (defined as the attributes applied to one´s physical self-concept) a year later, especially in women with low self-esteem.…”

Section: The Concept Of Body Dissatisfaction In the Literature And Itsupporting

confidence: 91%

Westernization: The Role of Mass Media on Body Image and Eating Disorders

Sepúlveda¹,

Calado²

2012

Relevant Topics in Eating Disorders

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Section: The Concept Of Body Dissatisfaction In the Literature And Itsupporting

confidence: 91%

Westernization: The Role of Mass Media on Body Image and Eating Disorders

Sepúlveda¹,

Calado²

2012

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“…The support for some of these purported risk factors is stronger than for others. 4 The risk factors with the strongest support, which are those that have been identified in at least 2 prospective studies, as well as for those factors that do not change with time and have been identified in at least 2 cross-sectional studies, include age (adolescence and early adulthood being the periods of highest risk), 4 female sex, frequent dieting, 5,6 preoccupation with thinness, 7,8 teasing about body shape or weight, 9,10 body dissatisfaction and weight concerns, 11,12 comorbid psychiatric diagnoses, 6,13 perceived peer and media pressure to be thin, 1,14,15 and family history of an eating disorder. 16 However, these suspected risk factors have rarely been investigated in multivariate models that controlled for at least several of the other suspected risk factors.…”

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Family, Peer, and Media Predictors of Becoming Eating Disordered

Field¹,

Javaras²,

Aneja³

et al. 2008

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med

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Objective-To identify predictors of becoming eating disordered among adolescents. Design-Prospective cohort study. Setting-Self-report questionnaires.Subjects-Girls (n=6916) and boys (n=5618), aged 9 to 15 years at baseline, in the ongoing Growing Up Today Study (GUTS).Main Exposures-Parent, peer, and media influences.Main Outcome Measures-Onset of starting to binge eat or purge (ie, vomiting or using laxatives) at least weekly.Results-During 7 years of follow-up, 4.3% of female subjects and 2.3% of male subjects (hereafter referred to as "females" and "males") started to binge eat and 5.3% of females and 0.8% of males started to purge to control their weight. Few participants started to both binge eat and purge. Rates and risk factors varied by sex and age group (<14 vs ≥14 years). Females younger than 14 years whose mothers had a history of an eating disorder were nearly 3 times more likely than their peers to start purging at least weekly (odds ratio, 2.8; 95% confidence interval, 1.3-5.9); however, maternal history of an eating disorder was unrelated to risk of starting to binge eat or purge in older adolescent females. Frequent dieting and trying to look like persons in the media were independent predictors of binge eating in females of all ages. In males, negative comments about weight by fathers was predictive of starting to binge at least weekly. Additional Contributions: S. Bryn Austin, ScD, and Ruth Streigel-Moore, PhD, provided comments on preliminary analyses.Author Contributions: Dr Field had full access to all of the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. Study concept and design: Field, Camargo, and Laird. Acquisition of data: Field and Camargo. Analysis and interpretation of data: Field, Javaras, Aneja, Kitos, and Taylor. Drafting of the manuscript: Field, Kitos, and Taylor. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Field, Javaras, Aneja, Kitos, Camargo, Taylor, and Laird. Conclusions-Risk factors for the development of binge eating and purging differ by sex and by age group in females. Maternal history of an eating disorder is a risk factor only in younger adolescent females.Concerns about weight and body shape are common in preadolescents and adolescents 1,2 and are probably related to the development of unhealthy weight control behaviors and binge eating. However, because of the lack of large prospective studies of non-treatmentseeking samples, little is known with certainty about the development of disordered eating (eg, engaging in bulimic behaviors) or eating disorders.Although there have not been many large prospective studies of disordered eating (ie, engaging in binge eating or purging) or full-criteria eating disorders 3 among non-treatmentseeking samples, a variety of risk factors for disordered eating and eating disorders have been proposed. The support for some of these purported risk factors is stronger than for others. 4 The risk factors with the strongest support, which a...

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“…Peer experiences (dating violence) (92) Other interpersonal influences between environmental exposures and DWCB across all ninety-three studies, followed by a methodological critique of the longitudinal studies and synthesis of their findings. Overall, the following family, peer and media influences were found to be positively associated with DWCB: negative weight-related comments and/or teasing from family members and peers (13,34,35,37,67,79,83,90,101) ; parental and peer modelling and social reinforcement of dieting behaviours (13,67,70,95,102) ; peer acceptance concerns (103,104) ; parent and peer attitudes on dieting and weight concerns (60,105,106) ; poor parental-child communication and/or relationships (59,60,107) ; high parental supervision and monitoring (108) ; family conflict (59,65) ; lack of trust in parents (59) ; fewer family meals (1,33,35,87,88,89,107) ; high use of media (particularly content that portrays thin ideals) (14,(35)(36)(37)(38)74,75,78,83,89,94,97,…”

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Environmental factors associated with disordered weight-control behaviours among youth: a systematic review

Wang

Peterson

McCormick

et al. 2013

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: Environmental factors may be very important in the development of disordered weight-control behaviours (DWCB) among youth, yet no study to date has conducted a review that synthesizes these findings. The purpose of the present study was to systematically review existing literature on environmental influences on DWCB among youth and to identify conceptual and methodological gaps in the literature. Design: Systematic review. Setting: Studies were identified through a systematic search using PubMed, PsycINFO, Google Scholar and secondary references. Inclusion criteria included observational studies published in peer-reviewed journals from 1994 to 2012 that examined environmental exposure(s) associated with DWCB among youth. Subjects: Ninety-three studies, the majority of which utilized a cross-sectional design (75 %; n 70), were identified. Longitudinal studies' follow-up time ranged from 8 months to 10 years. Results: Parental, peer and media influences have been extensively studied as factors associated with DWCB among youth. Fewer studies have examined behavioural settings (i.e. homes, schools, neighbourhoods) or sectors of influence other than the media on DWCB. No studies utilized multilevel methods to parse out environmental influences on DWCB. Most studies (69 %, n 64) did not explicitly utilize a theory or model to guide the research. Conclusions: Findings indicate that exploring a wider range of environmental influences on DWCB, specifically behavioural settings and sectors of influence, using diverse study samples and multilevel methodology is needed to advance the field and to inform the design of comprehensive prevention programmes that target DWCB and other weight-related behaviours.

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Media Exposure, Current and Future Body Ideals, and Disordered Eating Among Preadolescent Girls: A Longitudinal Panel Study

Cited by 123 publications

References 32 publications

Westernization: The Role of Mass Media on Body Image and Eating Disorders

Westernization: The Role of Mass Media on Body Image and Eating Disorders

Family, Peer, and Media Predictors of Becoming Eating Disordered

Environmental factors associated with disordered weight-control behaviours among youth: a systematic review

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